Vasper looked to Layla and felt the same way. "I've never been real good at making friends. I'm glad I met you, Layla." He said quietly as he looked to the label he'd been peeling off the root beer. " I think the benefits would be two-sided from our arrangement. " He admitted with a sense of hope.Layla tilted her head, she didn't recognize the name. "I have yet to meet this Razeth so I wouldn't know." She said as she noticed Vasper change slightly so she just moved on to his toast instead of poking and asking what was wrong. "To maintaining the madness." She said as she raised her root beer before taking a drink. "I was lucky to have met you today. And I will be happy to see the improvement once I start the work outs." She said with a nod of her head, she would be happy indeed. She was not fond of the dark places her head often took her, and she was eager to get rid of it. She reached for a pork rind and popped it into her mouth and chewed. How had she never heard of these things before, she wondered looking down at the bag as her mouth filled with spicy goodness.
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Saskia laughed at her friends dramatics, "Yes we do spend lots of times in holes, real bears even make a furry butt plug so they don't poop during their hibernation. Thankfully we are not so similar to our animal counter parts." She joked as she focused on the lock.
"Make it worth my wile will you, well aren't you just the charmer?" She said with a quiet chuckle to Eirik until he sobered and began asking questions. She paused her lock picking and looked at him suspiciously. "Why do you want to know?" She said slowly as she looked at him trying to gauge if this was some sort of trap.
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Eliana smiled at him as he took the lead as the elevator reached the house. She looked around at the mansion, she had never really seen it before. Is this where the others lived she wondered? When they got to the door she threw it open and inhaled the fresh air, taking a few nervous steps outside until the sun hit her face. She closed her eyes and just breathed in the freedom, the fresh air and sighed. When she realized he wasn't with her she turned and saw him frozen at the door. She held out her hand, she could see he was nervous, and at first she didn't see why. But then she remembered what he had said, how little he got outside. But if she could take that first step outside after so long so could he. "See totally safe. Don't worry I scared off anything dangerous already." She joked to make it easier for him to look past his nerves.
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Madison made a face of true disgust. "That you could have taken to your grave. Bears are nasty if they do that." She said with a shudder.
Eirik frowned and admitted, " I have issues with Ukraine. They made me an animal long before Riker ever did." He looked to the door across the way, before returning his gaze to Saskia.
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Alastor chuckled nervously and focused upon Eliana's outstretched palm. He took a steadying breath and stepped past the threshold. Her hand his goal at the moment. He took ahold of her offered limb as if it was his mooring to safety. "I know I'm ridiculous, who's afraid to go outside? I've always had this condition. At least with the work I do here, it makes it a lot easy to live with. But it's debilitating none the less." He replied solemnly.